Lumberton vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Lumberton and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Lumberton and Oak Grove are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Grove has the higher population (2,200 vs 1,515 in Lumberton). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($105,069 vs $40,050 in Lumberton). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($239,600 vs $78,000 in Lumberton).

Population, income & housing

	Lumberton	Oak Grove
Population	1,515	2,200
Median age	36.7 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,050	$105,069
Median home value	$78,000	$239,600
Median gross rent	$832	$1,482
Housing units	862	626
Homeownership rate	44.5%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	66.8%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumberton	Oak Grove
Population	1,882 → 1,515 (-19.5%)	1,891 → 2,200 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$21,195 → $40,050 (+89.0%)	$65,551 → $105,069 (+60.3%)
Median home value	$77,400 → $78,000 (+0.8%)	$200,200 → $239,600 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $832 (+50.2%)	$969 → $1,482 (+52.9%)

Lumberton

Population

1,8821,515

Median household income

$21,195$40,050

Median home value

$77,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$554$832

Oak Grove

Population

1,8912,200

Median household income

$65,551$105,069

Median home value

$200,200$239,600

Median gross rent

$969$1,482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumberton	Oak Grove
Under 5	4.2%	12.9%
5 to 17	22.8%	27.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	18.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	21.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	7.9%	2.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	1.4%
75 and over	6.3%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumberton	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	23.8%	42.0%
Black or African American	73.4%	36.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumberton	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	11.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	32.0%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	33.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumberton	Oak Grove
Drove alone	89.1%	84.6%
Carpooled	0.7%	2.6%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.5%
Other means	5.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumberton	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	79.7%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lumberton	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	37.9%	0.8%
Average household size	2.37	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1975	2006